The iconic Wonder Woman of TV, Lynda Carter had changed the TV with her role, as she started a movement for the women of 70s. In her time, there were not female leads in series.

She was the perfect actress for her role, as she was a classy woman with a talented acting skills. She was incredibly beautiful.

As she was the person who changed TV for women, she had overcome many obstacles in her journey as being an actress. As she climbed the stairs of the fame, she had conflicts with many producers.

Carter was born in 1951, Phoenix, Arizona. She was only 5 years old when she first appeared on TV, on the Lew King’s Talent Show. Later, she started to interest with music, and in her high school, she joined her school band. She was 15 years old when she was singing at the restaurants for $25 a weekend.

As she was a tall teen, people would make comments about her appearance constantly. Her parents were divorcing at that time too, so she had to deal with much.

”All these feelings are left over from the time I was a kid. I mean: I was tall! Somebody would say, ’Oh, are you tall!’ And I giggle and say, ’Yeah, I’m tall!’ I was a clown. Inside I felt like crumbling jelly,” she said in 1979.

But she talked highly about her upbringing. Carter explained that she was going to the church every Sunday, and she was attending to the picnics with her sister. And her mother would dread her “going Hollywood.”

“It was so moral, so middle-class, so old-fashioned and so good,” Carter explained.

Carter attended to the Arizona State University, but when she was selected as the ”Most Talented” she unexpectedly dropped out of university. She explained that she wanted to focus on her music career.

In 1972, Carter was selected as Miss USA, and also competed in the 1972 Miss World. She was in the top 15.

“I didn’t get any prizes. They smack a little banner on you, they stick a crown on your head and call you a beauty queen,” Carter said.

She started to take acting classes in the early 70s, as she was in New York. She wanted a career in the entertainment business, and also had acted in small parts of the TV shows. She had appeared on “Starsky and Hutch,” and “Cos.”

As she received her role as the Wonder Woman, in 1975, her life changed. She was thinking of moving back to Arizona, but her manager called her and informed her that Joanna Cassidy was turned down for the role of Wonder Woman, and she was chosen for the role.

She was over the clouds when she heard the news. William Moulton Marston, and artist Harry G. Peter, felt the absence of a superheroine in the industry, so they decided to create the Wonder Woman, for TV.

“Any civilization that does not recognize the female,” was stated in one of the first episodes of the Wonder Woman, “is doomed to destruction. Women are the wave of the future and sisterhood is…stronger than anything.”

“The network thought Wonder Woman’s feminist talk would turn off viewers – that it was “dangerous,” Carter said, as she explained that at first the network didn’t wanted any feminist messages in the show.

Linda Carter was also pissed about one another subject too, where the producers were thinking of using male stunt double for the actress.

“I can’t have that,” Linda said.

So she decided to take the risks and do her own stunts. She once hanged from a flying helicopter, and then producers agreed on hiring female stunt doubles.

The show aired from 1975 to 1979. As some of her audience were thinking that her outfit was too revealing, Carter responded as, “I wore less on the beach!”

“It was more than a bikini–it was the American flag in a one-piece suit.”

“Well, I said, ‘Not a chance. They won’t be, because I am not playing her that way. I want women to want to be me, or be my best friend! There is something about the character where in your creative mind for that time in your life where you pretended to be her, or whatever the situation was, that it felt like you could fly,” Carter said about how her producers had warned her about that some women would be jealous of her.

In 1978 Carter was selected as “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World,” and one of her iconic posters became the top seller of that year.

“I never thought a picture of my body would be tacked up in men’s bathrooms. I hate men looking at me and thinking what they think. And I know what they think. They write and tell me,” Carter said.

“It’s uncomfortable because I just simply took a photograph. That’s all my participation was in my poster that sold over a million copies, was that I took a photograph that I thought was a dumb photograph. My husband said, “Oh, try this thing tied up here, it’ll look beautiful”. And the photographer said “the back-lighting is really terrific”. So dealing with someone having that picture up in their… bedroom or their… living room or whatever I think would be hard for anyone to deal with,” Carter explained to NBC.

After Wonder Woman, Carter’s career was rising. As she became a guest for Muppet Show, she also shook hands with President Ronald Reagan.

She had received $1 million after 26 episodes of Wonder Woman, and she was living in her $1,2 million worth house sitting over the Benedict Canyon in Los Angeles.

She later acted as the Carole Stanwyck in the TV series, Partners in Crime. In the series she was acting along with another beautiful actress, Loni Anderson.

In 2005 she had appeared on The Dukes of Hazzard and also had appeared on theatre stages too. She had acted in the play “Chicago,” at the West End theatre in London.

“At that time we couldn’t get our timing together. So, this next time, if she writes me a decent part, I might do it,” Carter said, when she was offered to appear as a cameo at the 2017’s Wonder Woman.

“The greatest honor and responsibility of playing Wonder Woman was serving as a role model for fans around the world, particularly girls,” Lynda Carter said, when she was the “Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls” of the UN.

“I’ve seen first-hand how a powerful yet compassionate superhero can inspire women to believe in themselves and men to support equality.”

Before being Wonder Woman, Carter was in a relationship with Michel Polnareff. Later in 1977, Carter married with Ron Samuels. At the time they were married, Carter was 25 years old, while Samuels was 35.

Their marriage ended in 1982, as Lynda stated that period of her marriage was ”an unfortunate chapter” for her.

“The most stress between us occurs when I’m between projects. I get insomnia. And I pace alone. If my husband says one word, just one word that hurt my feelings, I analyze it. I go over it a million times,” Lynda said.

“I hope he forgives me and I have forgiven him because it was painful for both people. And I wish him – honestly and truly – wish him well,” she concluded after her divorce from Samuels.

In 1984, she tied the knot with Robert A. Altman. They met in Memphis, Tennessee, and they fell in for each other with the first sight. “I know that she was a good-looking actress who modeled for Maybelline, but I couldn’t quite place her,” Robert said for her.

“I was intending to go back to the hotel and watch a football game. I thought the last thing I wanted was to go to dinner and get mixed up with some Hollywood actress.”

“This is (Robert’s first marriage, my second. But for me, it’s my first… Robert is my best friend. I’ve heard that phrase, your spouse is supposed to be your best friend. But I never experienced it before. He’s for me and I’m for him. A friend doesn’t try to control you,” Carter said in 1985.

Together, they had two children, James Altman and Jessica Carter Altman.

In 2018, Carter had talked about being a mother as, “Turns out my greatest adventure of all was becoming a mom. And I have loved every minute of it,” from her social media account.

Carter is now at the age of 71, where she is still active on her career. She lost her husband on 2021, due to leukemia.

“Today would have been your 75th birthday. To me you cannot be gone, because the love you gave so freely endures. It lives on in me, our children, and the many people whose lives you touched. You gave so much of yourself while you were here, and today we honor your love, your life, and your legacy.” Lynda said about her husband from her social media account.

“If I were up on a mountain today, I would sing to you through the mountain’s canyons. Instead, I woke to the dawn, over the ocean and sang my heart and love to you.”

She had talked about her drinking problem too, as she explained in 2021, “I’ve been in recovery for 23 years. And I didn’t even start drinking till I was in my mid-20s. I would stop drinking for two or three years, then start again and it just felt terrible. That was a long time ago and now I’m very happy.”

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